Air Brakes on 1600 B-2s and B-3s

[Fred Schneider]

I have a tabulation of brake variants done about 1951 by Homewood
engineering staff ... I think the 1200s were the only air cars with spring
applied drums and they came from the factory that way.  

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	HRBran99 at AOL.COM [mailto:HRBran99 at AOL.COM]
		Sent:	Monday, February 28, 2000 10:25 AM
		To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
		Subject:	Re: Air  Brakes  on  1600  B-2s  and  B-3s

		In a message dated 02/28/2000 5:25:43 AM Eastern Standard
Time, 
		pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:

		<< Which way did the brakes work on the 1600s? >>

		The brakes were air-applied and spring-released. Hence, the
hand brake to the 
		right of the operators seat in case air pressure was lost
and the car had to 
		be stopped with that device. This did happen to me one time
coming down New 
		Arlington Avenue on the 49 line.

		HrB